Minneapolis City Council approves site for new police station; old one burned during 2020 protest
The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey have agreed on a new location for a police station to replace
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Race and ethnicity
At 15, he is defending his home and parenting his sister. One young man’s struggle to stay in school
LOS ANGELES — This was the summer Deneffy Sánchez was supposed to learn algebra, biology and the other ninth grade
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Trooper accused of withholding body-camera video agrees to testify in deadly arrest of Black driver
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Louisiana state trooper accused of withholding graphic body-camera footage that shows another officer dragging
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Wisconsin’s Democratic governor sues Republican Legislature over blocking ‘basic functions’
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday sued the Republican-controlled Legislature, arguing that it is obstructing basic
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Tennessee governor, congressman discuss safety on visit to Jewish school that foiled armed intrusion
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and U.S. Rep. David Kustoff on Monday praised security measures at a Memphis
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Ex-cop who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment in flawed, fatal raid goes on trial again
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former Louisville police officer who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment the night she was killed is
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Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signs
WAYNE, Mich. — As Britney Johnson paced the picket line outside Ford’s Wayne Assembly plant, she wasn’t just carrying a
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US Judge Biggers, who ruled on funding for Black universities in Mississippi, dies at 88
Funeral services were being held Wednesday in Corinth, Mississippi, for longtime U.S. District Judge Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. He died
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Ex-officer sentenced after assaulting man during unrest in Minneapolis after murder of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS — A former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced Monday to 15 days in the county workhouse, with eligibility for
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Police dog’s attack on Black trucker in Ohio echoes history
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — As Jadarrius Rose drove his 18-wheeler through rural Ohio, a simple missing mudflap caught the highway patrol’s
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